Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE I (Continued) 57 Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme (Inaugurated by the Council, October 3rd, 1912).
Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diag. nosis. | Ex-amin'd for the first time during the year. | Total | Found to be— | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. ii pending diag-nosis. | Ceased att'nd-ance before com-pletio??? of diag-nosis. | |||||||
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Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||
Pulmonary | Non- Pul-monary | ||||||||||||
Adults | M. | 3 | 263 | 1 | |||||||||
F. | 4 | 289 | 63 | 6 | 4 | — | |||||||
Children under 15 | M. | — | 134 | 134 | 7 | — | 1 | ||||||
F. | — | 5 | 137 | — | 2 | ||||||||
Total | 7 | 832 | 171 | 24 | 4 | ||||||||
Adults | M. | — | 43 | 43 | 2 | — | — | — | |||||
F. | — | 57 | 57 | — | 56 | — | — | ||||||
Childrenunder 15 | M. | — | 41 | 41 | — | — | 41 | — | — | ||||
F. | — | 59 | 59 | — | — | 59 | — | — | |||||
M | 3 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
F | 1 | 123 | — | ||||||||||
1. Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment on the 31st December | in respect of insured patients under domiciliary treatment during the year | 23 | |||||||||||
7. Number of persons referred to affiliated hospital for consultation | |||||||||||||
Insured | |||||||||||||
Uninsured | 1nsured | ||||||||||||
3. Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Dispensary for the purpose of diagnosis | Uninsured | 91 | |||||||||||
9. Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients | |||||||||||||
11 | |||||||||||||
11. Number of specimens of Sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary | 474 | ||||||||||||
N.B.— Dr. G. T. Hebert was appointed Tuberculosis Officer (Branch Dispensary) on January
6th, 1920. An assistant Tuberculosis Officer is also attached to the Branch Dispensary (since
January 1st, 1924).